On the world stage

Oscar win will further redefine national cinema

The latest edition of the Oscar proved a big one for Indian filmmakers and performers. Naatu Naatu’s golden run on the international stage continues, clinching an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe for Best Original Song within a span of two months. In the short documentary category, too, Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga bagged the Academy award for their film The Elephant Whisperer. The two winning entries — drastically different as they are in their genre, feel, and texture of filmmaking — both hail from the southern half of India. While the first is a peppy dance number from